The March selection for Reading for Understanding (the nonfiction book club) is Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda Gates.
Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
In this moving and compelling book, Melinda Gate shares lessons she’s learned from the inspiring people she’s met during her work and travels around the world. As she writes in the introduction, “That is why I had to write this book—to share the stories of people who have given focus and urgency to my life. I want all of us to see ways we can lift women up where we live.”
Melinda’s unforgettable narrative is backed by startling data as she presents the issues that most need our attention—from child marriage to lack of access to contraceptives to gender inequity in the workplace. And, for the first time, she writes about her personal life and the road to equality in her own marriage. Throughout, she shows how there has never been more opportunity to change the world—and ourselves.
Writing with emotion, candor, and grace, she introduces us to remarkable women and shows the power of connecting with one another.
When we lift others up, they lift us up, too.
Limited copies will be available at the Reference Desk.
Ages: Adults
Cost: Free
Contact: Amy at moskovitz@haverfordlibrary.org
